Pyhimys Lontoossa

Original title: The Saint in London

19391939
K-16K-16
1h 17m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

843

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George Sanders and Sally Gray in Pyhimys Lontoossa (1939)

Action Comedy Crime

The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring.The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring.The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring.

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

843

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
Writers
- Lynn Root(screen play)
- Frank Fenton(screen play)
- Leslie Charteris(story "The Million Pound Day")
Stars

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George Sanders in Pyhimys Lontoossa (1939)

George Sanders, Sally Gray, Carl Jaffe, and Ralph Truman in Pyhimys Lontoossa (1939)

Trivia
John Paddy Carstairs also directed for the Roger Moore 1960's TV series, which he helped get off the ground. Saint creator Leslie Charteris dedicated his 1963 book "The Saint in the Sun" to the director.

Goofs
When the Saint surreptitiously enters the Lang estate he is carrying a flashlight. While rifling through the safe, it is obvious that the light beam doesn't match the movement of the flashlight in his hand.

Quotes
Bruno Lang: You know, Templar, if a man lives long enough, he's sure to run up against someone smarter than himself. In some professions he doesn't live much longer than that.
Simon Templar: Your modesty overwhelms me, Mr. Lang.

Connections
Followed by Pyhimys ja kaksoisolento (1940)

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Featured review

5/10

George Sanders was the best "Saint" in the series, but he needs a better script.

This film is more of an adventure than a mystery, since The Saint is tipped off at the start that Henry Oscar is up to no good, and he quickly learns he's involved in a plot to print £1,000,000 in counterfeit banknotes. The baddies are pointed out early and there are no twists that would have made it more interesting. Even when a murder is committed, you know one of the baddies did it, so it doesn't matter much who it was. George Sanders is excellent in the title role and has a good rapport with his leading lady, Sally Gray, a socialite who helps him for the thrill of it. He also gets considerable help from a pickpocket, David Burns, who is hired by Sanders when he promises to go straight, and of all people, his nemesis from Scotland Yard, Gordon McLeod. I guess I prefer a true mystery, one where clues are given and you can deduce "who done it" if you're clever enough. But even a crime drama such as this, where you simply watch it unfold, could be enjoyable if it were scripted better.

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